Golf Hotel Whiskey: for pilots and aviation enthusiasts
Michael O’Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair, on the British Airways/Iberia merger:
"It reminds me of two drunks leaning on each other."
“Plane Speaking: The Wit and Wisdom of Michael O’Leary” by Paul Kilduff, published by Aurum Press is available from Telegraph Books for £8.99 plus 99p p&p.
Michael O’Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair, talks about flying, Guardian readers and the kiwifruit:
“The chattering bloody classes, or what I call the liberal Guardian readers, they’re all buying SUVs to drive around London. I smile at these loons who drive their SUVs down to Sainsbury’s and buy kiwi fruit from New Zealand. They’re flown in from New Zealand for Christ sakes. They’re the equivalent of environmental nuclear bombs!”
“Plane Speaking: The Wit and Wisdom of Michael O’Leary” by Paul Kilduff, published by Aurum Press is available from Telegraph Books for £8.99 plus 99p p&p.
Michael O’Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair, on European expansion:
"Germans will crawl f***ing-naked over broken glass to get low fares!"
“Plane Speaking: The Wit and Wisdom of Michael O’Leary” by Paul Kilduff, published by Aurum Press is available from Telegraph Books for £8.99 plus 99p p&p.
Our headline ran: "Virgin screws British Airways." We’d have rather preferred “British Airways screws Virgin,” but we had to run with the facts…
— News Editor, “The Sun” newspaper.
Now I know what a dog feels like watching TV…
— A DC-9 captain trainee attempting to check out on the “glass cockpit” A-320.
Insurer: It was pilot error.
Pilot: It was design error.
Insurer: I disagree. The pilot is at fault for trusting the designer…